Wright, Henry Dixon
WRIGHT (post DIXON-WRIGHT), HENRY DIXON. Adm. pens.
at Corpus Christi, Oct. i, 1889. S. of Henry, law-stationer,
of Parkiield, Bishop's Road, Highgate. B. .\pr. 25, 1870, at
3, St George's Villas, Bickcrton Road, Upper Holloway. School, Highgate. Matric. Michs. 1889; B.A. 1892; M.A. 1904.
Ord. deacon (Rochester), 1893; priest (London), 1894; C. of
St Stephen's, Lambeth, 1893-4. C. of St James's, Paddington, 1894-7. C. of Stoke-ne.\t-Guildford, Surrey, 1897-8. Chap-
lain at Las Palmas, Grand Canary, 1898-9. Chaplain, R.N.
1899-1916. H.M.S. Resolution, 1899-1900; Ramillies, 1900-3;
Bedford, 1903-6; in Malta, 1906-7; at the R.N. College,
Dartmouth, 1907; H.M.S. Medina, 1911-12, which conveyed the King and Queen to India, 1911. M.V.O., 1911, at the
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, 1912-14. Changed his
name to Dixon-Wright in 1911. Married, June 4, 1904,
Louisa, eldest dau. of Major John Paton Lawrie, Queen's Regt. Died May 31, 1916, of wounds received in the battle
of Jutland. (Highgate Sch. Roll; Scott, MSS.; Crockford; Univ. War List; Who was Who; The Times, June 8, 1916.)
WRIGHT, HENRY FITZHERBERT. .\dm. pens, at Trinity,
May 27, 1889. [Eldestj s. of FitzHerbert, of the Hayes,
Alfreton, Derbs. (and Louisa C. R., dau. of E. C. Frederick
von Beckmann). B. Oct. 9, 1870, at Alfreton. School, Eton.
Matric. Michs. 1889; B.A. 1892. Called to the Bar, Imier
Temple, May 8, 1895. On the Midland Circuit. Of Yeldersley
Hall, Derbs. .Alderman of the Derbs. County Council. M.P.
for Hereford (Leominster Div.) 1912-18. Served in the Great
War, 1914-19 (Capt., R.F.A.). J. P. for Derbs.; High Sheriff,
1927. Chairman, River Trent Catchment Board, 1931-7. Married, Sept. 13, 1894, Muriel Harriet, 3rd dau. of Col. H. C.
Fletcher, C.M.G., and had issue. Died Feb. 23, 1947. (Law
Lists; Burke, L.G.; Who's Who; The Times, Feb. 24, 1947.)
WRIGHT, HENRY HENTON. Adm. sizar at St John's, Dec. 16,
1857; a 'Ten-year man.' S. of Christopher Norton, stationer (and Mary Anne). B. at Nottingham. Bapt. July 12, 1831.
Ord. deacon (York), 1859; priest, i860; C. of St George's,
Sheffield, 1859-65. V. of St James's, Sheffield, 1865-78. Chaplain at Sheffield cemetery, 1878-9. V. of Gillcar,
Sheffield, 1879-98. Disappears from Crockford, 1899. Father
of Clement H. L. (1875 ; brother or half-brother of Christopher N. (1873)-
WRIGHT, HENRY JAMES. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct., 1881. Matric. Michs. 1881; B.A. 1884; M.A. 1892. Ord. deacon
(Durham), 1884; priest (Rochester), 1885; C. of Rainton, Co.
Durham, 1884-5. C. of St Stephen's, Walworth, London,
1885-6. R. of Blaxhall, Suffol)f, 1886-91. V. of St Matthew's, Marylebone, London, 1891-1902. R. of Gussage St Michael,
Dorset, 1902-21. V. of Rowde, Wilts., 1921-9. Died in Sept.
1929, aged 69. (Crockford; The Guardian, Sept. 13, 1929.)
WRIGHT, HENRY PRESS. Adm. pens, at Peterhouse, Oct. 1,
1836. S. of Mrs Wright, of 16, MarshaU Place, Perth [and
John, Capt., 59th Regt.]. Matric. Michs. 1836; Scholar,
1838; B.A. 1842; M.A. 1861. Ord. deacon (Bath and WeUs),
1841; priest (Gloucester and Bath), 1842; C. of Croscombe,
Somerset, 1841-3. C. of Frome Selwood, 1843-4. C. of
Guiseley, Yorks., 1844-5. P.C. of St Mary's, Leeds, 1845-6. Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge, 1846. Army Chaplain in
Cephalonia and the Southern Ionian Islands, 1846-51; at Corfu, 1851-4; Principal Chaplain to the Army in the East,
1854-6, being promoted for 'meritorious conduct in the field.' Crimea medal, the Turkish medal, and the 5 th Class of the
Order of the Medjedie. C.F., 1st class, at Canterbury, 1856- 61. Archdeacon of British Columbia, 1861-5. C.F. at
Portsmouth, 1865-76. R. of Esquimalt, British Columbia,
1878-80. Archdeacon of Vancouver Island, 1876-80. R. of
Greatham, Hants., 1880-92. Canon of Christ Church,
Victoria, British Columbia, 1876. Married, 1843, Anne, eldest
dau. of Isaac Nalder, of Darshill, Somerset. Author, Story of
the Domus Dei of Portsmouth; Recollections of a Crimean
Chaplain; Story of Prince Daniel of Montenegro; Sermons, etc.
Died Sept. 18, 1892, aged 80, at Hill Brow, near Petersfield, Hants. (T. A. Walker, 456; Boase, in. 1515; CUrgy List;
Crockford; The Guardian, Sept. 21, 1892.)
WRIGHT, HENRY SKYNNER. Adm. pens, at St Catharine's, Feb. 18, 1847. S. of WiUiam, of Haxey, Lines. B. there.
Matric. Michs. 1847. Ord. deacon (Exeter), 1850; priest, 1851 ;
C. of St Phillack and St Gwithian, ComwaU, 1850-3. C. of
Pershore, Worcs., 1853-4. No cure, 1856-68. C. of Huish
Champflower, Somerset, 1868-9. C. of Shepperton, 1869-70.
C. of Christ Church, Derry Hill, WUts., 1870-1. Missionary
in Toronto, 1871-80. C. of Crich, Derbs., 1881-3. C. of
Kirkstall, Yorks., 1883-4. C. of Saxted, Suffolk, 1886-9.
Chaplain of Seckford's Hospital, Woodbridge, 1889-94. Author, Sermons. Died Nov. 12, 1894. (Boase, Biblu).
Cornub.; Crockford; Univ. Almanack; Clergy List.)
WRIGHT, HENRY SMITH. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Jan. 29,
1858. [3rd] s. of Icabod Chades (Christ Church, Oxford, 1814),
of WatwaU Hall, Notts. B. June 27, 1839, at Quamdun,
Derbs. School, Brighton CoUege. Matric. Michs. 1858;
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Wright, Horace Lakin
Scholar, 1861; B.A. 1862. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Aug.
20, 1862. Called to the Bar, Apr. 30. 1866. .Member of I. C.
Wright's banking firm in Nottingham, 1867-78. M.P. for S. Nottingham, 1886-95. Of Mapperley Hall, Notts. Married
(1) 1865, Mary Jane, only dau. of WiUiam Cartledge, of
Woodthorpe; (2) 1869, Josephine Henrietta, dau. of the Rev.
John Adolphus Wright, R. of Ickhani, Kent, and had issue.
Translated the Iliad, i-iv into English hexameters, and the
Aeneid, i-vi into blank verse. Died Mar. 19, 1910. Brother of
George H. (1867). (Foster, Men at the Bar; Who was Who;
Law Lists; Inns of Court; Fox-Davies, .4rmorial Families.)
WRIGHT, HENRY THOMAS. .\dm. at Trinity Hall. Oct.
1896. S. of Henry John, Esq., of 22, Cadogan Gardens,
Chelsea. School, Market Bosworth. .Matric. .Michs. 1896.
Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, June 15, 1904. Served in the
Great War, 1914-19 (Lieut., Scots Guards; Staff Capt.,
London District). Died May 30, 1943, at Gerrard's Cross. (Laic Lists; Univ. War List; The Times, June i, 1943.)
WRIGHT, HERBERT EDWARDS. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
Aug. 15, 1867. [Only] s. of Robert [Principal of Lancing
Grammar School] (and Anne, dau. of WiUiam Buck). B. .Aug.
16, 1848, at Lancing. School, Westminster. Matric. Michs.
1867; B.A. 1871; M.A. 1891. Adm. at the Inner Temple,
Jan. 30, 1869. Had a brewery at Maxton, near Dover, for
some years; brewer-manager to Arnold Perrott and Co., Ltd.,
at Wickwar, Gloucs.; subsequently manager of Tennant's brewery in Glasgow. Married, Feb. 20, 1873, Jessie Anne,
eldest dau. of George K. Cook, of Haunmersmith. Author,
A Handbook for Young Brewers. Latterly of Cheltenham.
Died Feb. 2, 1907. Father of Cuthbert E. (1897), Oswald W.
(1896) and Herbert R. (1893). (Record of Old Westminsters; Inns of Court.)
WRIGHT (post WRIGHT-ROGERS), HERBERT EDWIN. Adm.
pens, at Trinity, Mar. 8, 1883. S. of Herbert, solicitor, of
GraveUy HaU, Birmingham. B. June 26, 1864, in Birming- ham. School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1883; Scholar,
1885; B.A. (3ith Wrangler) 1886; LL.B. (Law Trip., ist
Class); 1887; M.A. 1892. Called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, June 26, 1895. Succeeded to the estate of Yarlington, near
Wincanton, Somerset. Married 1892, EUen Maud, dau. of
Benjamin Bickley Rogers, D.Litt. Took the additional name
of Rogers, 1914. Died -Apr. 30, 1922, in London. Brother of
Harold T. (1886). (Scott, MSS.; Law Lists; The Times,
May 3, 1922.)
WRIGHT, HERBERT LANGSTON. Adm. pens, at Pembroke,
Jan. 23, 1878. Eldest s. of the Rev. William Henry (1839), of
St Arvans, Cheltenham. B. in Liverpool. Matric. Lent, 1878;
B.A. 1882. Ord. deacon (Worcester), 1881 ; priest, 1883; C. of
Aston- juxta-Binningham, 1881-2. C. of Bengeo, Herts.,
1883-90. C.-in-charge of St Mawgan and St Martm-m-
Meneage, ComwaU, 1891-8. R. of Church-Knowle, Dorset,
1898-1922. Married, May 7, 1891, Emma Louisa, eldest dau. of the Rev. S. M. Barkworth, of Tunbridge WeUs. Latterly
of Barbrook, Limpsfield, where he died Oct. 11, 1927, aged 77-
Brother of Henry C. (1875) and John W. T. (1877). (Crock- ford; The Guardian, May 13, 1891 ; The Times, Oct. 12, 1927.)
WRIGHT, HERBERT PERCY. Adm. sizar at Trinity, Oct. 5,
1883. S. of Thomas Blagbum, of 6, Gloucester Terrace,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. B. June 11, 1864, at South Shields,
Durham. School, Newcastle-on-Tyne Grammar. Matric.
Michs. 1883; B.A. 1886. Ord. deacon (York), 1887; priest
(Worcester), 1889; C. of St James's, Doncaster, 1887-8. C. of Cleeve Prior, Worcs., 1889. C. of Thame, Oxon., 1890. C.
of Cobridge, Staffs., 1891-2. C. of St Clement's, Bristol, 1892- 5. C. of Walker, Northumberiand, 1895-8. C. of Elsdon,
1899-1901. V. of Bymess, 1901-14. Latterly of Reading Road, South Shields. Died in 1919. (Crockford.)
WRIGHT, HERBERT RUSSELL. .Adm. pens, at Selwyn H.,
. Oct. 1, 1893. [S. of Herbert Edwards (1867).] B. June 10,
1874. [Schools, Dorchester Grammar and St Edward's, Oxford.] Matric. Michs. 1893; exhibitioner; B..\. 1896; M..\.
1903. Assistant Master at the Berlitz Schools, Berlin and
Stettin, 1898-9; at St Edward's School, Oxford, 1899-1903;
Head Master of Sir John Deane's Grammar School, North-
wich, Cheshire, 1903-7. Married, Aug. 12, 1903, •■^da,
youngest dau. of James Spalding Gardiner, of Borley, Essex.
Died July 30, 1907. Brother of Cuthbert E. (1897) and
Oswald W. (1896). (Scott, MSS.; Roll of St Edward's Sch.; The Times, Aug. 2, 1907.)
WRIGHT, HORACE LAKIN. Adm. pens, at Emmanuel, Oct. i,
1897. [S. of the Rev. Clement Henry Lakin (1875). Chaplam,
Indian Army, and grandson of the Rev. Henr>- H. (1857).
B. Aug. 2, 1879. School, Malvern College.] Matnc. Michs.
1897. Second Lieut., the Liverpool Regt., 1902; Lieut., 1907;
Captain, 1912; Major, 1917- Served in the Great War. 1914-
19 (Major, King's (Liverpool Regt.); employed R.A.M.C.; wounded twice). (Malvern Coll. Reg.; Army Ltsis; Unw. H ar List.)
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